-ist

1. A reference to a social system that gives authority and influence in a state to landowners.
2. Characterized by a system of church government based on primacy of civil power.

A person who coerces with violence and terror to achieve some objective.

A believer in thanatism.

A specialist in the study of death.

One who specializes in the study of venomous snakes.

A believer in or an advocate of thaumatogeny.

A person or people who study or describe miracles.

Someone who performs wonders or miracles: A very famous Italian thaumaturgist was Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, who was a magician and alchemist in the 1700s. © ALL rights are reserved.

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A person who believes that the divine can manifest itself in mortal form or that mortals can be divine: A theanthropist believes in the union of the divine and human natures; especially, the manifestation of God as man in Jesus Christ.

A person who believes in the existence of a god or gods: "Theists are those who believe in the existence of a god; especially, those who believe in a personal god."

Anointed by God: "A theochristic action is to choose or to designate someone or something for a particular purpose or to choose by or as if by divine intervention."

One who makes an account of the origin and descent of the gods.

A person who studies religions.

Someone who fights against God (or the gods) or resists God's divine will.

1. Someone who makes fun of or who belittles God.
2. A person who mocks God or divinities.